Blue Jays (Gausman) vs Rays (Rasmussen): 5/5/26, 6:40pm

[dancingmachine]

The one team Rogers wouldn't be good against is the Ray's. Too fast and too lucky

[Buster]

1 minute ago, Jays24 said:

5 infielder strategy would have gotten us outta this inning with 0 runs lol

They should have done it

 

[Stangstag]

1 minute ago, gruber9292 said:

All you can do is laugh playing in this hell hole 

It really is just crazy how everything always goes wrong when we play there

[dancingmachine]

Is there no reverse hex we can do vs the Ray's like seriously we can never beat these guys

[Spanky__99]

Egad.

[Omar]

Just now, Stangstag said:

It really is just crazy how everything always goes wrong when we play there

Best case scenario at the Trop is getting out of the series without a key player getting injured.  Wins are secondary.  That's how cursed this place is.

[Rynodb1]

Time to beat them at their own game. 

[Omar]

Hoffman, Rogers and Varland just to get through the 7th and 8th and trailing by a run. Sheesh.

[gruber9292]

2 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

It really is just crazy how everything always goes wrong when we play there

Maybe it was built on some ancient burial ground or something, lol. 

[dancingmachine]

Come on Straw do something good

[neverbeenhere]

Rays are a much better team 

[Jays24]

1 minute ago, neverbeenhere said:

Rays are a much better team 

Rays are ruining baseball... they have to be stopped!!! Lol

[Rynodb1]

3 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

Rays are a much better team 

Half the time, I question if you're even a Blue Jays fan or just here to troll. 

[Jays24]

Jays looking mentally defeated.  Tough loss 

[neverbeenhere]

9 games behind the yankees, now think back those winnable "early games"

[neverbeenhere]

2 minutes ago, Rynodb1 said:

Half the time, I question if you're even a Blue Jays fan or just here to troll. 

I am a blue jays fan, but I also recognize the obvious and don't live in a denial 

[Rynodb1]

At least the Maple Leafs had some luck tonight. 

[Rynodb1]

1 minute ago, neverbeenhere said:

I am a blue jays fan, but I also recognize the obvious and don't live on a denial 

Sure, man. Still unsure. 

[RA Whiffleball]

2 hours ago, Stangstag said:

There's no guarantee in anything with this sport, or in life. Im not exactly sure what your argument is here.

Read the post, maybe  you'll learn something.

[RA Whiffleball]

Now 90-141 all time at the Graveyard.

Feeling more like 2024 than 2025.

[Rynodb1]

3 hours ago, Rynodb1 said:

Anyways, I believe Gausman gives us a chance to win today. We need at least 4+ runs and I like our chances. 

I didn't think I was asking for too much here. Dammit. 

[RA Whiffleball]

Well, we are going to find out soon enough if Popkins was this genius we all thought he was, or whether last year was just a fluke, and the opposition has made the necessary adjustments.

[RA Whiffleball]

3 hours ago, Stangstag said:

You can say the same for tons of players though. Yesavage, Roman Anthony, Ben Rice, Caminero, Gunnar Henderson, etc.

So whats the point of saying it at all? 

I don't know. You tell us. We are not as bright as you.

[Terminator]

POV: the Blue Jays blow a game at the Trop and everyone is having a Cinco de Mayo Meltdown but you just ate three bowls of chips and a dozen tacos and know the team is going on a huge run this summer when everyone is healthy 

[VladdyAlomar]

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, neverbeenhere said:

9 games behind the yankees, now think back those winnable "early games"

Thanks for pointing this out!

[Stangstag]

52 minutes ago, Terminator said:

POV: the Blue Jays blow a game at the Trop and everyone is having a Cinco de Mayo Meltdown but you just ate three bowls of chips and a dozen tacos and know the team is going on a huge run this summer when everyone is healthy 

Couple extra names added to the ignore list tonight, so it wasn’t a total disaster 

[jaysblue]

1 hour ago, max silver said:

That's not how the conversation unfolded in the first place. I made a perfectly innocuous statement that Barger has potential to add some much needed thump to the lineup once he's locked in at the plate. There is literally nothing to attack in this statement. This was countered with a bunch of strawman style arguments about how I was saying Barger was a savior, or that it I was suggesting it was guaranteed that he would immediately hit to his ceiling. That poster obviously isn't interested or even capable of rationally discussing opinions that run counter to his without pivoting to logical fallacies in reply. If there was single poster on this board who was going to defend that garbage it's no big surprise that it turned out to be you riding in to white knight for this antisocial buffoon. 

I don’t think anyone is saying your original point was unreasonable. Saying Barger has the potential to add some needed thump to the lineup is perfectly fair. I agree with that.

The pushback is more about how these discussions seem to turn into absolutes. Someone can like Barger’s upside and still point out that there are reasons to be cautious. That doesn’t mean they’re saying you called him a savior, and it also doesn’t mean they’re attacking the fanbase for hoping he helps.

My point was simply that there’s room for both opinions: Barger has real power and could give the lineup a boost, but he’s also still a young hitter with flaws that pitchers can exploit. That’s not anti-Barger, anti-Jays, or “wishful thinking” in either direction. It’s just a balanced view.

And honestly, if the complaint is that people aren’t having rational discussions, then immediately turning around and calling people “antisocial buffoons” or accusing others of “white knighting” doesn’t exactly help the conversation either. It just turns a pretty normal baseball debate into another personal back-and-forth.
 

[jaysblue]

1 hour ago, Rynodb1 said:

At least the Maple Leafs had some luck tonight. 

Nah, now more delusional Leafs fans are going to think they're winning the Stanley Cup next season 😂

[RA Whiffleball]

That's not how the conversation unfolded in the first place. I made a perfectly innocuous statement that Barger has potential to add some much needed thump to the lineup once he's locked in at the plate. There is literally nothing to attack in this statement. This was countered with a bunch of strawman style arguments about how I was saying Barger was a savior, or that it I was suggesting it was guaranteed that he would immediately hit to his ceiling. That poster obviously isn't interested or even capable of rationally discussing opinions that run counter to his without pivoting to logical fallacies in reply. If there was single poster on this board who was going to defend that garbage it's no big surprise that it turned out to be you riding in to white knight for this antisocial buffoon. 

Quite the obsession from someone who has me on ignore,

I love it when he uses those big words, o Max of the Silver tongue.